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Week 10 - Jan 8 to 14

Me checking the scores after being out of pocket for 2 hours and then seeing the LSU-Auburn result
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UVa made it close for a minute, but then North Carolina stretched out their lead.



Looking at teams like Illinois, Virginia, Washington, apparently after taking a big step forward one season for relatively new coaches, it's hard to even maintain, let alone take another step forward. All 3 are slip, slip, slidin' backwards.
 
LwrcasefaN said:
Yea...that was a head scratcher. I could see not having Van Lith in if they needed defense. But opting for Reese who is offensively one dimensional versus Van Lith was baffling. Van Lith will never be a PG so they better figure something out.
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I keep seeing this, but Van Lith is still leading them in total assists despite missing 4 games. PG may not be her best position, but it seems like she's better at distributing the ball than any of the other options for LSU.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Michigan St. yet again played tough, but couldn't come up with the win. Ohio St. by 5 at home.
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The scheduling was a bit unkind to MSU in the sense that they play Iowa, Ohio State and Indiana each on the road, but OSU is the only one of those 3 that they get to play at home.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I keep seeing this, but Van Lith is still leading them in total assists despite missing 4 games. PG may not be her best position, but it seems like she's better at distributing the ball than any of the other options for LSU.
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Speaking of guard play for LSU, they were 0-2 from outside. Can anyone remember a game where a top ten team failed to hit a three pointer, let alone one that only attempted it twice? Has to be one of the most bizarre stats I've seen in a while.
 
TheFarmFan said:
Speaking of guard play for LSU, they were 0-2 from outside. Can anyone remember a game where a top ten team failed to hit a three pointer, let alone one that only attempted it twice? Has to be one of the most bizarre stats I've seen in a while.
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South Carolina went 0-2 from three in the 2017 national title game, I believe. (LSU is actually composed quite comparably to that team - a standalone anchor inside surrounded by athletic wings with limited perimeter shooting).
 
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Vowelguy said:
Pretty dominating win by TAMU over the Vols. Maintained a double digit lead the entire 2nd half.
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Vols are in some trouble. They’ve already played KY Aub Fla which are 3 of the worst In the league.
An 8-8 season is not out of the question.

Next 7 games are all tossups, 3 home/4 road. If they don’t go 5-2, calls for Harper’s head will spiral and the program will probably be engulfed in drama.
 
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Juju's FG% hasn't been great in some recent games, but she gets to the foul line plenty. Still scoring big even when she isn't hitting much from the floor.
 
I would hate to be in the crowd for that USC game.... that in game announcer and all of that music is annoying
 
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GoChips20 said:
South Carolina went 0-2 from three in the 2017 national title game, I believe. (LSU is actually composed quite comparably to that team - a standalone anchor inside surrounded by athletic wings with limited perimeter shooting).
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South Carolina went 0-3 from three in that game, but they won by 12 and didn't really need threes. Kaela Davis (35 percent that season) and Allisha Gray (32 percent) were at least a notch above "limited" from long range. But your point about roster construction is a good one.
 
Vowelguy said:
My rankings
  1. SC
  2. Iowa
  3. UCLA
  4. NC St
  5. Colorado
  6. USC
  7. Kan St
  8. Stanford
  9. LSU
  10. Baylor
  11. Texas
  12. UConn
  13. Va Tech
  14. Louisville
  15. Gonzaga
  16. Ohio St
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LSU loses to an unranked team and only drops 2 spaces? I think they belong below tOSU at least.

And really, Stanford, LSU, Baylor, Texas, Va Tech and UCLA all lose this weekend and other than Texas they have no excuses, like injuries, to mitigate it. At least some of them lost to ranked teams. And Stanford probably should have lost to Utah as well, but for some dubious officiating.

I'd approach re-ranking starting from this reality. Baylor Texas LSU all belong lower than UConn.
 
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Vowelguy said:
There is no formula for how much a team should rise or drop based on a game outcome. I evaluate each team and decide who I think is next best.
I tend to underreact to any one game result.
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Fair enough. But I don't think this is really a one game result for LSU. This has been in the making for a couple weeks with uninspiring results against much weaker programs.
 
Plebe said:
The scheduling was a bit unkind to MSU in the sense that they play Iowa, Ohio State and Indiana each on the road, but OSU is the only one of those 3 that they get to play at home.
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I mean they also only have to play Maryland at home as well, a game they already won. When the conference made the schedule I assume Maryland was expected to be squarely in that top tier like usual. Last year MSU only played Iowa and Indiana once each (and beat Indiana), and both were in East Lansing. It all evens out over the years.
 
BRS24 said:
Well now. Five top 25 teams lost this week (Baylor x2). Three games left today, and another nine tomorrow. Should be an interesting AP poll on Monday, depending on what shakes out.
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Adding on, IN yesterday, VA Tech, Stanford, LSU, UCLA
 
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